Hey Twitter, William Shatner Wants to Be Unverified

Captain James Tiberius Kirk, William Shatner IRL, would like to (not-so) humbly request that he be unverified on Twitter because too many "nobodies" sport the hallowed blue checkmark these days for his taste.

As Buzzfeed so meticulously logged, Shatner went on a verification tirade late Saturday night after John Colucci tweeted celebrating Engadget's (for which he manages social media) Twitter account passing the 1 million followers mark, and another poor, unsuspecting Twitter user decided to tag Shatner in a playful reply. Thus followed Shatner's wrath:

Because the check is being bestowed upon so many unworthies lately ("seemingly unimportant jobs" is the phasers-set-to-stun variety of shade), he thinks the system is broke beyond repair. His solution? Unverification.

Maybe I need to request to be unverified? Who wants to be part of a broken system that folks can pay $ or reward cronies while others wait?